I’m Heather. I live in Dallas. I love mid-century modern design and 100 year old houses. Right now, I’m into owls, and gray/yellow color combinations. Over the past 8 years, my career path has been primarily in advertising, but graphic design is my first love. Printmaking might run a close second. On this site I post things that inspire me visually, as well as designs I’ve done in my free time. I can be reached at aprila711 AT yahoo.com. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3448871-9']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @branchbird)http://branchandbird.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4wnzjvxbW1qh0381o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://typeverything.com/post/24148405906/typeverything-com-k-is-for-kiss-by-gogo-picnic" target="_blank">typeverything</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Typeverything.com</p> <p>K is for Kiss by <a href="http://www.gogopicnic.com" title="GoGo Picnic" target="_blank">GoGo Picnic</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://branchandbird.com/post/24223000647http://branchandbird.com/post/24223000647Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:12:26 -0500illustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rmt1OnNc1qkxrtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://by9.tumblr.com/post/22735462243/via-herb-lester-assoc-mcq" target="_blank">by9</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://mikemcquade.com/Herb-Lester-Assoc" target="_blank">Herb Lester Assoc. - MCQ</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://branchandbird.com/post/24205942625http://branchandbird.com/post/24205942625Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:37:00 -0500design<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2z92eiub61qmqh97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.”</p> <p><em>-Christopher Hitchens<br/></em></p>http://branchandbird.com/post/24194692088http://branchandbird.com/post/24194692088Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:13:02 -0500hitchensquotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4u8n6qDog1qieqjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scottbergeyart.tumblr.com/post/24061645620/1694-anxious-monster-on-flickr" target="_blank">scottbergeyart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottbergeyart/7116752209/" title='# 1694 "Anxious Monster"' target="_blank"># 1694 “Anxious Monster”</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://branchandbird.com/post/24194148674http://branchandbird.com/post/24194148674Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:56:40 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/20695167833/tumblr_l5d51pvHCE1qzyt62&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>I wish I had paid more attention to music before 1994. This is awesome.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robinmccauley.tumblr.com/post/795214199/i-listened-to-this-tape-over-and-over-when-it-was" target="_blank">robinmccauley</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I listened to this tape OVER AND OVER when it was released in 1991, the year I graduated from high school.</p> <p>I love this song so much. </p> <p>Descendents “Good Good Things” on Somery. </p> </blockquote>http://branchandbird.com/post/20695167833http://branchandbird.com/post/20695167833Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:09:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly78oa3Q9a1qcb6kno1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>so awesome.</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/16923922210http://branchandbird.com/post/16923922210Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:41:17 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq7ctvZD21qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>love the colors.</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/16923735999http://branchandbird.com/post/16923735999Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:35:51 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqzlbIsZP1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/16905147348/its-always-february-2nd-and-theres-nothing-i" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“… it’s always February 2nd and there’s <a href="http://bit.ly/nevvvver" target="_blank">nothing I can do about it</a>.”</p> </blockquote>http://branchandbird.com/post/16923652314http://branchandbird.com/post/16923652314Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:33:20 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu7wd3DBti1qzxtmno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Skimming around the interwebs looking at interesting paintings and found this cool piece by Kyle Jorgensen. I like the shape of the trees and the value changes. (via <a href="http://www.booooooom.com/sorted/art/page/10/" target="_blank">ART! - BOOOOOOOM!</a>)</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/12399349664http://branchandbird.com/post/12399349664Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:31:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lstadi10eI1qzxtmno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>soo cool! (via <a href="http://ffffound.com/image/70209f1860aa5b30c61d6bcfc01fb1ce1be170b5" target="_blank">owl tattoo | Tumblr</a>)</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/11236178161http://branchandbird.com/post/11236178161Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:36:54 -0500<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" height="260" width="400" id="ply"><param name="movie" value="http://www.lynda.com/home/embed/player.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param value="basepath=http://www.lynda.com/home/&skin=http://www.lynda.com/home/embed/skin.swf&plugins=http://www.lynda.com/home/embed/controlling.swf&type=video&lpk4=75866" name="flashvars" /><embed src="http://www.lynda.com/home/embed/player.swf" width="400" height="260" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="basepath=http://www.lynda.com/home/&skin=http://www.lynda.com/home/embed/skin.swf&plugins=http://www.lynda.com/home/embed/controlling.swf&type=video&lpk4=75866"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p>Doyald Young was such an amazing type designer and human being. He passed away this past February. This is a 40-minute documentary from Lynda.com.</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/10617097661http://branchandbird.com/post/10617097661Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:18:02 -0500doyald youngletterertypographydesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr1dd1Ngcg1qzxtmno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Art Director Nicole Meyer sets out to rebrand 10,000 lakes. (via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/quipsologies/archives/september_2011/josh_berta_12.php" target="_blank">Quipsologies</a>)</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9842758982http://branchandbird.com/post/9842758982Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:40:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr1b12bpGC1qzxtmno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>why is this so freakin’ awesome?? i can’t quite pinpoint it…</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9823706528http://branchandbird.com/post/9823706528Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:24:37 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr0xyrUtIy1qzxtmno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.tomrobinsonphotography.com/igtbad.html" target="_blank">Photographer Tom Robinson</a> shot images of his friends and family as he was telling them he was going to be a dad. Some of these are priceless. (via <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/04/photographer-snapped-im-gonna-be-a-dad-reaction-photos/" target="_blank">Neatorama.com</a>)</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9812821165http://branchandbird.com/post/9812821165Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:42:27 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcero1fExV1qebkw5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>sometimes simple can look so cool. Futura + Knockout.</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9593771791http://branchandbird.com/post/9593771791Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:41:05 -0500letterpresstypographyredblueposter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lql8dlSJaU1qzwaddo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Something about this photo is intriguing. Is it the juxtaposition between nature and rubber? Helium and air? The biomorphic shape of the clouds, and the seemingly geometric square of balloons? Or maybe some reminder of childhood vs. the threat of environmental doom?</p> <p>I dunno. It’s just like it.</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9563502077http://branchandbird.com/post/9563502077Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:21:06 -0500ponderingsballoonsskyphotographycolor<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/8375271" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Awesome letterpress video (can we say rack focus?) set to an equally awesome White Stripes song. (via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/teresawozniak" target="_blank">@teresawozniak</a>)</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9552723561http://branchandbird.com/post/9552723561Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:40:05 -0500letterpresswhite stripesvideoprintmakingdesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnfrqZJUm1qzxtmno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The agency behind the awesome hand-drawn Chipotle work I <a href="http://branchandbird.com/page/3#5244221706" target="_blank">mentioned before</a> is San Francisco-based <a href="http://sequence.com/#/ourwork/chipotle/2/" target="_blank">Sequence</a>. (via <a href="http://designenvy.aiga.org/the-chipotle-lorem-ipsum-bag/" target="_blank">DesignEnvy</a>) Their website nav is pretty cool, despite being mostly Flash. Then it flips over to html for the news section (gotta get that crawl y’all).</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/9522039588http://branchandbird.com/post/9522039588Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:20:05 -0500chipotlesequenceagencyhand drawntypography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqmvq7X7LI1qatsq6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes I wish I had lived during this design era. Sigh!</p> <p><a href="http://iconoclassic.tumblr.com/post/9506314213" target="_blank">via iconoclassic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Rudolph deHarak, Cards of Identity, 1960. via 50 Watts (via <a href="http://www.midcenturia.com/2011/08/book-cover-art.html" target="_blank">MID-CENTURIA : Art, Design and Decor from the Mid-Century and beyond: Book Cover Art</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://branchandbird.com/post/9507319257http://branchandbird.com/post/9507319257Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:28:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lprn49OYgK1qzxtmno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Enjoying the curation of Design Milk this morning… (via <a href="http://design-milk.com/american-quilt-prints-by-little-things-studio/" target="_blank">American Quilt Prints by Little Things Studio | Design Milk</a>)</p>http://branchandbird.com/post/8777366933http://branchandbird.com/post/8777366933Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:36:09 -0500